Author
Publisher
Place of origin
Venetia :
Date
1643
Extent
636 pages, 27 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm (4to) + various handwritten notes in the hand of Elizabeth David, kept in separate box.
Classmark
Description
Illustrated added title page, engraved.
This book united three popular works of the previous century; the Scappi title appeared in 1570 and the other two books (by V. Cervio and C. Pandini) in the following decade.
Signature: A-4I⁴ 4K⁶
Purchased with the support of the Friends of the Nations’ Libraries, 2024.
Front pastedown has small bookplate with name of Elizabeth David.
Some pages have handwritten annotations.
Warburg Institute copy is from the library of Elizabeth David